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Amongst the most promising perennial cereals are a wheat-like grass called intermediate wheatgrass named Kernza. Kernza can be used for anything wheat is used for. There is an urgent need for agriculture to drastically reduce its negative…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/future-agriculture-perennial- 2020-11-17

The UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) global assessment on nature highlights that 1 million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. Dr. Mine Islar, one of the…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/mine-islar-comments-ipbes-global-assessment-loss-biodiversity-crucial-climate-change- 2023-09-19

Photo: Johan Persson The loss of animals, often due to unregulated or illegal hunting, has consequences for the carbon storage capacity of forests, yet this link is rarely mentioned in high-level climate policy discussions, according to a…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/hunting-jeopardizes-forest-carbon-storage-yet-overlooked-climate-mitigation-efforts- 2020-11-17

"We are seeing an increase in the intensity of extreme climate events, as well as growing inequality.  There is an urgency to look at the intersections between climate change and parameters such as class, gender, ethnicity and soco…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/project-dice-linking-climate-change-and-extreme-events-inequality- 2020-11-17

On May 15, LUCSUS successfully kicked off our new mentorship programme for researchers. The purpose of the program is to offer leadership development to selected researchers of the strategic research area Sustainable Development, and to…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-launches-new-mentorship-programme-researchers- 2020-11-17

From despair to transformation: evidence-backed ways to think and act on the nature crisis. Looking at the bigger pictureThe UN Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has just published a global…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-research-biodiversity-comment-ipbes-global-assessment-report- 2020-11-17

Improved and sustainable Menstrual Health Management has great impact on several of the Sustainable Development Goals, including: Good health and well-being, Gender equality, Quality education, Sustainable cities and communities, and Clean…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/menstrual-hygiene-day-2019-itstimeforaction- 2020-11-17

PhD courses at LUCSUSDegrowth and sustainability pathwaysMay 20 - June 10 2024, Faculty of Social SciencesIn the context of a climate emergency, there is an increasing demand from society and students to learn about societal models …

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/research/phd-programme/phd-courses- 2024-01-26

A selection of craft beer from breweries in Skåne, Sweden LUCSUS researchers are developing an Urban Living Lab approach to adress sustainability in the food, water, energy nexus through the case of craft beer sector in Sweden (Scania)…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/promoting-sustainability-swedish-craft-beer-sector-through-urban-living-labs- 2020-11-17

Ett forskningsprojekt vid Lund universitet med syfte att samla in erfarenheter och åsikter från lantbrukare i södra Sverige till följd av den extrema torrperioden under 2018. Torkan under sommaren 2018 slog hårt mot skånska bönder och…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/lantbrukares-upplevelse-av-torkan-2018- 2020-11-17

At this year's Almedalen, LUCSUS researchers will discuss climate variability and its impact on water, sustainable land use, flying, and the Greta effect on today's youth. Here is the full list of LUCSUS related events taking place in…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-almedalen- 2020-11-17

Barry Ness (chair)Carmen Margiotta (student representative PhD)Francisco Alomia (student representative LUMES batch 27)Anja Westermann (student representative LUMES batch 28)Wim Carton (teacher)Bregje van Veelen (teacher)Murray Scown …

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/about-lucsus/lucsus-board- 2024-10-25

PhD in Sustainability Science (application deadline 16 April 2025)  Internships at LUCSUS LUCSUS welcomes internship applications from students that have the possibility to do the internship as part of their educational programme and…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/about-lucsus/vacancies-and-internships-lucsus- 2025-03-14

Participants from the training in Kisumu, Kenya. In June, LUCSUS researchers Genesis Yengoh, Sara Gabrielsson and Ann Åkerman kicked off the capacity building programme Land is Life. During two intense weeks, 13 future leaders from Kenya,…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-kicked-new-capacity-building-programme-ecosystem-and-biodiversity-kenya- 2020-11-17

Photo: A Lorente. A complex web of legislation, a lack of awareness about the benefits of seagrass meadows, and powerful interests all combine to make the governance, protection and maintainance of seagrass meadows difficult according to…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/segrasses-have-hugely-important-ecological-and-economic-role-new-research-publication- 2021-02-02

Instead of betting big on bioenergy, governments need to focus on the hard medicine of cutting fossil fuel use. There is no shortcut to climate change mitigation, says Lennart Olsson, professor at Lund University Centre for Sustainability…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/bioenergy-plantations-could-fight-climate-change-threaten-food-crops-un-panel-warns- 2020-11-17

LUCSUS researchers present new guidelines and principles on how to improve climate change adaptation collaboration between, and for, citizens and municipalities. Municipalities and their residents are facing increasing challenges as a…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/guidelines-and-principles-improved-city-citizen-cooperation-climate-change-adaptation- 2020-11-17

Initiatives such as the Kisumu Waste Actors Network (KIWAN) must be encouraged to ensure the engagement and inclusion of waste collectors, recyclers, community organizations and entrepreneurs. Photo: Michael Oloko. “Better communication…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/four-ways-address-challenges-urban-solid-waste-new-policy-brief-developed-city-kisumu-kenya- 2020-11-17

Mentors in the mentorship programme at LUCSUS. From the top left: Cintia Bertacchi Uvo, Helle Rydström, Kristina Jönsson, Jamil Khan, Mo Hamza, Susanne Arvidsson, Ellen Hillbom Today, on August 21, LUCSUS kicked off its new mentorship…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/kick-lucsus-new-mentorship-programme- 2020-11-17

Photo: markhillary/flickr The Amazon rainforest is burning at a record rate. LUCSUS researcher and Amazon expert, Torsten Krause, explains how they started and what can we do about it. Read the full article with Torsten Krause in Swedish…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/torsten-krause-comments-amazon-fires- 2020-11-17